Edit Find Command Jumps Between First Two Words of Paragraph

Article ID: Q106073
Creation Date: 31-OCT-1993
Revision Date: 10-SEP-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, 6.0a

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

In Word 6.0 for the Macintosh, if you use the Find or Replace command to find an existing style and do not include any text in the Find What box, Word scans entire document and prompts search completed with no items found.

In Word 6.0 for Windows, when you use the Find or Replace command to find a style, Word "toggles" between the first and second word of the first paragraph formatted with that style.

This problem occurs when you choose Find or Replace from the Edit menu, clear the Find What box, select Find Whole Words Only, and specify style formatting as the search criteria. When you choose the Find Next button, Word selects the first word in the first paragraph with the specified style. Choose the Find Next button again, and Word selects the second word in that paragraph. Choose the Find Next button a third time, and Word selects the first word in the first paragraph again. Choosing the Find Next button causes Word to switch back and forth between these two words. Word does not find subsequent paragraphs formatted with the specified style.

This does not happen if there is text in the Find What box.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

When you clear the Find What box and use Style formatting as a search criteria, also clear the Find Whole Words Only option.
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With the Find Whole Words Only option selected, type something in the Find What box.

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